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Joan Flasch Artists' Book Collection

The Joan Flasch Artists' Book Collection (JFABC) digital library is an online guide and finding aid for the rich collection of artists’ publications available in Flaxman Library Special Collections. The JFABC brings together close to ten thousand artists’ publications in all formats and media including: books, zines, multiples, video and audio recordings, digital works, periodicals, and other intimate works of art created by artists of local, national, and international significance. Focusing on materials published from the 1960s to the present, it is complemented by collections of reference works and exhibition catalogues to support in-depth research on artists’ publishing.

"LOST is a box set of ten photography monographs by ten artists. Each artist choose a city that they have resided or grew up, each monograph gives the viewer a slice of their experience and journ... Read more

A photobook of repaired household items and found objects done by Ingo Kratisch, accompanied with a DVD of Ingo Kratisch's presentation to students of the Art Institute of Chicago on 21th of July... Read more

Leatherette 4-ring binder photobook, with color reproductions shown as single images and in foldouts, booklets, and accordion extensions, separated into sections by corrugated black sheets. Includes a... Read more

"Made up of original photographs and collages made of appropriated images from a turn-of-the-century illustrated book on the theory of camouflage (Concealing Coloration in the Animal Kingdom, G.H... Read more

A series, where collaborative artists create a visual publication full of photographs and manipulated images.; Everything Is Collective (E.I.C.) is an ongoing collaboration between three artists: Jaso... Read more